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This Master is a one-year full-time academic programme designed for students holding a first master's-level academic or professional degree in engineering, business, architecture, medicine, law, pharmacology, political science, the arts, or any other graduate degree.
The curriculum comprises six months of full-time coursework including an international seminar, followed by a company placement lasting at least four months and the completion of a professional thesis to be remitted at the end of the programme.
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Union sues NFL, claims collusion during uncapped year
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 23, 2012, 12:11 PM EDT
During the 2010 season, there was no salary cap. But most NFL teams operated as if there were a salary cap, and two teams that didnt the Redskins and Cowboys have since been penalized by the league.
That smells like collusion among the owners, and now the NFL Players Association is filing a lawsuit alleging just that.
The NFLPAs suit says the owners conspired to have a secret salary cap of $123 million for the 2010 season, which was supposed to be the uncapped year.
When the rules are broken in a way that hurts the game, we have an obligation to act. We cannot standby when we now know that the owners conspired to collude, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith said.
The NFL says the lawsuit, which is being filed in the court of Judge David Doty, is prohibited by the current Collective Bargaining Agreement the owners argument is that when the union accepted the current deal last year, the players were waiving their right to file this kind of lawsuit.
The filing of these claims is prohibited by the Collective Bargaining Agreement and separately, by an agreement signed by the players attorneys last August, the NFL said in a statement. The claims have absolutely no merit and we fully expect them to be dismissed. On multiple occasions, the players and their representatives specifically dismissed all claims, known or unknown, whether pending or not.
News of the lawsuit comes one day after the Redskins and Cowboys failed in their appeal of their combined $46 million in salary cap penalties for their actions during the uncapped year. Whats surprising is that when the NFL announced that punishment for the Redskins and Cowboys which also included raising the salary caps of 28 of the other 30 teams the union signed off on it. Now the union says what the owners did during the uncapped year was illegal.

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So, I looked through my copy of "The Perfect Scoop" for a pumpkin ice cream recipe. I didn't find one! I decided to improvise, remembering how creamy and good that David Lebovitz's Strawberry Ice Cream turned out to be, when I made it last June. I much prefer to make an egg custard based ice cream, now that I've learned that it's pretty easy to do. The egg yolks give such a silky and creamy texture to the ice cream. Never mind the calories and fat grams! Ice cream is just what is says-- I don't want ice milk! To keep my caloric intake under control, I limit myself to one scoop a day. There. Did I redeem myself to the calorie police?
To begin with, you need to make the custard:
Whisk eggs in a medium bowl. Gradually whisk 1 cup of the warm cream mixture into the bowl with the eggs (that would be "tempering").Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes. (Mine took about 15 minutes to reach this stage.) Do not boil.
Add the pumpkin mixture to the cooled custard and whisk so that all the ingredients are evenly distributed. Refrigerate, covered completely, in the coldest part of your refrigerator until the mixture is very cold, about six hours. (Be patient, it's worth the wait.)
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I am converting to BBB since last saturday.
Of course I did not read EVERYTHING before starting. I was just fed up with all the Baquacil problems. White water mold, cloudy water, and constant adding of more $$$ to keep everything going.
I just started dumping bleach, using the bleach calculator.
Now I read that it is harder to finish the conversion with a high ph level. But I can't read my ph level due to the high CL levels. I have keept it at 15 since saturday. The water is clear, with a slight green tint, and is still using up bleach over night.
I'm waiting on my new Taylor test kit to get better readings. For right now I'm using the wal-mart kit & diluting & multiplying by 3.
Can I use the same diluting process for PH? If I do that, my result is something like 21.
Can that be right?


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Find out whether a very low calorie diet can help you achieve a healthy weight, and how to use one safely.
A very low calorie diet (VLCD) is a clinically supervised diet plan that involves eating about 800 calories a day or fewer.
The diet usually involves replacing normal food with low-calorie shakes, soups, bars, or porridge containing milk.
VLCDs are typically for adults who are obese – defined as having a BMI over 30 – but should not be the first option to manage obesity.
These diets should only be followed under medical supervision for a maximum of 12 weeks continuously, or intermittently with a low-calorie diet – for example, for two to four days a week.
Most people who want to lose weight do not need to follow a very low calorie diet.
VLCDs may not be nutritionally complete and provide far fewer calories than most people need to maintain a healthy weight.
A daily limit of 800kcal is about a third of the average energy needs for a man (2,500kcal) and half needed for a woman (2,000kcal).
It is not an easy diet to follow. Apart from feeling hungry and low on energy, other side effects can include:
While VLCDs can lead to short-term weight loss, most people tend to put the weight back on gradually after coming off the diet.
VLCDs are not a long-term weight management strategy and should only be used as part of a wider weight management plan.
VLCDs aren't routinely recommended by the NHS unless a patient has a medical need, such as needing to lose weight:
However, a range of VLCD plans are available from the private sector for people – typically with a BMI over 30 – struggling to lose weight.
The replacement foods are designed to contain all the nutrients the body needs, while providing 800 calories a day or fewer.
Before you begin a VLCD, see your GP to make sure it's the right choice for you.
VLCDs are the most restrictive form of dieting, severely reducing calorie intake, so medical supervision is important.
A VLCD may be right for you if all three of the following apply:
VLCDs are not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women. Find out more about healthy eating in pregnancy.
VLCDs are not suitable for children and people with certain health conditions, such as eating disorders.
They should only be a last resort option and followed under the correct supervision.
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My Life. My Ad.
Wes Anderson's brilliant new AmEx spot.
The Spot: Director Wes Anderson ( Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic) takes us behind the scenes on his (fictional) new film as he shoots a sequence involving a car crash, a ballpoint pen, and a Panama hat. "Cut, cut, cut," he yells, interrupting the action. "Not enough smoke and the snow was too loud." As Anderson walks across the set, trying to describe for us what it's like "makin' movies," he is interrupted by a series of comical directorial chores. In the end, as a camera crane lifts him into the sky, he tells us, "My life is about telling stories. My card is American Express." (Click here to see the spot.)
Credit card advertising fascinates me. There could be no less interesting product—we're talking about a small rectangle of plastic that eases financial transactions—and yet (or maybe as a result), the marketing campaigns are these expansive, abstract affairs. For example, the recent "Life Takes Visa" ads talk about "confidence," "determination," "joy," and "spontaneity." Which are not actually things I feel when I'm swiping my card at the grocery store.
This American Express campaign, which launched in late 2004, likewise features a vapid slogan ("My Life. My Card.") that is somehow meant to ennoble consumer debt. The AmEx ads center on high-wattage celebrities—Tiger Woods, Ellen DeGeneres, Kate Winslet, Robert De Niro—and, like the Visa ads, make no attempt to distinguish the card in any tangible way. We don't hear about interest rates or rewards programs. In fact, we don't hear about the product at all, until the final few seconds when the celebrity reveals (a bit out of nowhere) that his or her card is American Express.
This super-soft-sell approach, in which the commercial's narrative and its subsequent, nanosecond product pitch are discrete entities, can be dicey. De Niro's spot is particularly grating. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the ad is a gorgeous little film about De Niro's long love affair with New York City. There's haunting Philip Glass music and even a couple of shots of Ground Zero as De Niro laments his "heartbreak." The whole thing is quite moving—right up until the AmEx plug at the end, which, to me, desecrates all the genuine emotion that drove the rest of the spot. The idea that 9/11 angst could serve as fodder for a credit card ad seems a tad inappropriate. Maybe more than a tad.
No such problem with this new Wes Anderson spot. It doesn't take itself seriously. All it desires is to charm and to entertain, and it does both splendidly. When divorcing the sales pitch from the plot results in wildly amusing clips like this one, I'm all for it.
I love the density of detail here. The version of the spot I've seen is two minutes long but has material enough for a 15-minute short. So many dry-yet-fanciful Andersonian moments, one after another: He asks for a mock-up of a .357 pistol with a bayonet attached … and the prop guy comes back with a drawing in about eight seconds. Anderson is told that the production can't afford a $15,000 helicopter shot (I believe this actually happened during the filming of Rushmore), so he whips out his wallet, says he'll pay for it himself, and asks his assistant to save the receipt (note that the sell is so soft that the ad doesn't even bother to have him use his AmEx card here). Finally, as the spot closes, some pigeons fly past, and Anderson wonders, "Are those my birds? I need those."
I've watched this ad at least 10 times and still haven't quite grown bored with it. The brief, bounded format of a commercial plays to Anderson's strengths and hides his weaknesses. No need to develop believable characters or to build organically motivated relationships between them (things Anderson has never managed to pull off in a film—though it may be he simply has no interest in them). Here he can just indulge his greatest talents: set pieces, art direction, whimsy, ironic bombast. There is no one more brilliantly entertaining than Wes Anderson when he's doing what he does best, and with a two-minute leash he hasn't time to do anything else. I only wish he'd make more commercials with his own sensibility and with himself in the lead role.
Of course, it's hard to imagine Anderson as a spokesman for anything besides American Express. AmEx has carefully chosen its roster of high-toned celebrity endorsers. De Niro, Winslet, and Anderson are all top-tier objects of fascination for well-heeled consumers. They also—especially in the case of De Niro—tend not to show their faces just anywhere. Even Ellen DeGeneres, who appears on television every day, declines to give viewers much of a peek at her private side.
And that's the real selling point of these AmEx ads. Here are these somewhat elusive stars we'd love to see more of, telling us all about "My Life" in their own words. Suggestion: If you get an AmEx card, perhaps the world will become fascinated by your life, too. AmEx helpfully nudges this notion along in one of its print ads: Next to a questionnaire where celebrities like Winslet fill in answers about themselves, in their own handwriting, AmEx prints a blank questionnaire where you, too, can tell us about your busy, glamorous existence.
Grade: A. I can't complain when an ad is this much fun to watch. Several people have noted that Anderson is paying homage to François Truffaut's classic film about filmmaking, Day for Night (even using the same music). But since Day for Night can't be had on Amazon for less than about $60 right now, I guess we'll take what we can get.
I also like (though not as much) the M. Night Shyamalan AmEx spot, in which the man behind The Sixth Sense and The Village nurses his coffee in a cafe and lets us see, through his eyes, the creepy world of his imagination. As with Anderson's, this spot maximizes the director's strengths (atmospheric foreboding) and minimizes his weaknesses (forehead-slapping plot twists). The two spots are part of what AmEx calls its "Directors' Series," and they've got me wondering who'll come next (an AmEx spokesperson wouldn't say). My money is on Scorsese, since they've worked with him before. But wouldn't it be great to hear John Waters say, "My life is about excrement-eating transvestites. My card is American Express"?


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Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
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InsureKidsNow.gov provides information about Medicaid and CHIP services for families who need health insurance coverage.
Academy of Special Needs Planners
Helping parents and others in planning for their own futures and for those of family members with special needs.
Emergency Information Form for Children with Special Needs
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has a form for all the vital information about the child's condition, and the doctors and other key contacts in case of an emergency. It's a good idea to post it near the phone, in the car, and in a prominent common area in the house.
The Special Needs Alliance
The Special Needs Alliance helps people with disabilities, their families, and the professionals who represent them. Find national and local services and support programs, get answers to questions about finances and disability benefits, or search the attorney database to find help with legal matters.
American Medical Association (AMA)
The AMA is leading meaningful innovation to enable a better health care system for patients, physicians and the country.
Family Voices
This website brings together families who have children with special health needs.
The Health Insurance Marketplace
Consumers can learn about, compare, buy, and enroll in health insurance at HealthCare.gov, the official site for the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
This website contains all the information you need to understand your health care.
Special Needs Answers
Special Needs Answers offers information to help plan the future of kids with special needs, including a searchable attorney database to find someone who can answer legal questions and assist in planning.
Adolescent Health Transition Project
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Well-Seated Solutions
Seating areas can have as much impact on a cafeteria's success as its kitchens and serveries.
Many non-commercial foodservice operators are turning to consultants and designers to help make their dining rooms more inviting and relaxing because—as has been said before—a happy customer is a repeat customer.
"We are very conscious of creating a warm and inviting dining space for our guests," says Jim Dickson, vice president of higher education and corporate dining for Metz & Associates, the Dallas, Pa.-based food management firm. "In some of our most recent renovations, we've concentrated on providing a comprehensive sensory experience."
According to Dickson, this includes earth-tone color schemes for walls and fabrics; soft seating areas for study sessions (in a college setting) and informal meetings (at corporate dining accounts); TVs for news, weather and entertainment updates; Wi-Fi access for productivity, and music for overall atmosphere enhancement. All of these, he notes, "have helped us create a more inviting atmosphere for our dining areas. The feedback we've received from our guests to these changes has been very positive. Of course, the strongest indicator of our guests' positive feedback is the increased usage of the renovated dining areas."
Basic comfort is the goal at Shawnee Mission School District in Shawnee Mission, Kan. "Honestly, we're doing nothing that is rocket science, nothing that everybody else doesn't do," explains Nancy Coughenour, manager of foodservices. "We try to make sure there are fresh coats of paint to make it aesthetically pleasing. Some schools have murals or other artwork. Others just have basic school colors. At the high schools, they have their mascots."
The district includes 50 schools and 28,000 students. All elementary schools have long tables with attached seats. "Our high schools have a mixture: some have tables and chairs that are totally separate, some have round tables and chairs and some have long tables with the attached seats," says Coughenour.
Evidence-based: One of the things Philadelphia-based Aramark has worked on is evidence-based design, which is used to great effect in healthcare. According to Dan Muentzberg, director of conceptual design for Aramark's Innovative Design Solutions division, evidence-based design focuses on "wellness and how to actually help people heal through the environment." It involves "tying design directly to issues of health and wellness. It revolves around the idea of introducing natural light, calming colors and unifying the environment."
Evidence-based design also is used "to a great degree in the work we do in universities," says Muentzberg. "One of the primary approaches our design group takes around resident dining facilities is to unify the space and create a holistic dining experience, so you don't have a dining room that exists separately from the food experience."
Aramark designers like to open up the spaces, to put as much of the food preparation up front and center stage as possible "so that the whole dining experience becomes the focus," Muentzberg says. "We look for ways to build seating in and around what's going on with the food, and to create pods that allow people to gather in various size groups, from two to eight."
What's new: "Most of the newer hospital and B&I dining facilities we see have large-screen TVs," says Foster Frable, Jr., president of Clevenger-Frable-LaVallee in White Plains, N.Y. "Some foodservice operators get them free from vendors who run zipper ads across the bottom."
Frable and his colleagues also see "a lot more banquettes used for seating." In addition, a large area by the dish or tray drop now needs to be allotted for recycling. "I think the green initiatives will drive many facilities to reopen or build dish rooms to use permanentware, particularly since the new dishwashers are very conservative about energy and water." A decade from now, he predicts, disposables will only be used in fast food outlets.
Rethinking space: "Cafeterias are cafés, the line is now a servery and the dining rooms have become bright, attractive spaces decorated with banks of plants, plasma TVs and billiard tables," says Angela Phelan, vice president of The Clarion Group in Kingston, N.H. Currently, Clarion is actively involved with all of its clients in the redesign or reconfiguring of their dining venues.
"The law firms, particularly, are very aware of the impression their amenities make on the young, highly prized associates they are seeking to hire," says Phelan. "Very conscious decisions are made to attract talent that is being courted by the top firms, and part of that attraction is the look and style of their dining facilities. This talent pool is looking for connections with firms that seemingly reveal their corporate style in the way they present themselves in this very public way."
Colleges and boarding schools are sensitive to the opinions of parents touring their schools prior to making their choices, Phelan points out. The look of the dining facilities in that case is "overridden, of course, by concern for cleanliness, quality of food, variety of options and cost to the student."
Similarly, corporations are "deeply concerned with employee retention," Phelan notes. "Management has been rethinking the cost, the look and the opinions of their employees. As always, no matter what the issues, the food in bars is proliferating even in the most modest hospital lobbies."
Multifunction: "In many cases, the dining room needs to be a multifunctional space," says John Cornyn, principal at The Cornyn Fasano Group in Portland, Ore. "There is a high level of demand for small dedicated spaces that can be reserved for groups that get their food from a retail or all-you-care-to-eat servery first, as opposed to a dedicated catering dining room. When not needed for a dedicated purpose, the doors are opened to general dining."
In other instances, the dining room might be converted to a performance space at night or during service. "In some situations, there is a need to alter the atmosphere as a means to encourage fast/high-seat turnover via bright lighting and high noise level," Cornyn explains. Another option: turn down lighting and "control the noise/music to encourage more of a casual, comfort feeling or to encourage conversation."
To maximize the number of seats actually used during peak times, it is "wise to consider a mix of table sizes… along with strategically placed counter seating," Cornyn says. This is important in order to allow for a single person to find a comfortable place to sit "without tying up a table for four or more and leaving three or more empty seats due to a reluctance to share." Regardless, many patrons in a university or hospital situation will arrange the tables to create the capacity to suit them, "so table compatibility to meet large group demands is critical."
Calming effect: In the acute care setting "it is about giving the space a calming effect to create an environment for staff and visitors to relax or get away from the stress of caring for a sick loved one," notes Georgie Shockey, principal of Ruck-Shockey Associates, Inc. in The Woodlands, Texas. Increased circulation around seats and tables is important, as is "creating natural barriers so it is not one big open room. Ideally, if the space and the budget allow, a staff-only seating area is desired." If a nurse or physician wants to have lunch with his team "but family is also having lunch, they can be interrupted even during breaks." Shockey also sees a lot of earth tones, warm colors and finishes that reflect the natural elements of the geographical area.
As for technology, wireless connections are in most hospitals, Shockey points out. "There are flat screens for menu signage, directional or promotional at entrances and sometimes in the seating area." Installing too many would take away from "the atmosphere of getting away," she feels, "but staff and visitors like to be connected to the outside world, especially those putting in 12-hour shifts that are normal in most acute care settings."
When it comes to colleges, "open and vibrant" are the words Shockey uses. Operators need "lots of electrical outlets and places to hang out to work on projects and do research. Everyone has a laptop." Group seating is "highly desired, so community tables are a great feature." Colors tend to be "more alive, but rich in tone and finishes—again, budget permitting."


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Initial AncestryDNA Results
Updated AncestryDNA Results
This morning there was quite a bit of chatter about Ancestry's new DNA results. Twitter, Facebook and Google+ were alive with folks comparing their new profiles.
I have to admit not being savvy when it comes to DNA and genealogy. In fact, I have shied away from this branch of family history.
What I hope to do with this blog post is state facts to the best of my ability. Mainly to share information with family members. I hope they too will find this process interesting.
The regions of Europe East and Great Britain seemed pretty consistent with family data. The rest of the information has me a little puzzled, but intrigued.
Here we go with the new results.
Europe East - 62% - Primarily located in: Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Known heritage - Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Bohemia.
Great Britain - 18% - Primarily located in: England, Scotland, Wales.
- A little murky heritage - Have not been able to track Wakefield ancestry to correct county in Great Britain.
Scandinavia - 10% - Primarily found in: Sweden, Norway, Denmark.
- Now is where things get a wee bit interesting. There has never been a hint!
Not that my youngest son would mind hearing this news. Jared has claimed to be a Viking since childhood. He would like to name his children Loki and Ragnar! Maybe Jared knew more about his family history than his momma!
While chatting about Scandinavian DNA this morning a friend offered a possible answer. Those rascally Vikings setting out to conquer all in their wake could be a reason for this outcome. She suggested I read "Scandinavian migration to the United Kingdom" on Wikipedia.
Europe West - 3% - Primarily located in: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein.
- Known heritage - Germany.
Iberian Peninsula - Primarily found in: Spain, Portugal. May also be found in: France, Morocco, Algeria, Italy.
- No known ancestry.
Ireland - 2% - Primarily found in: Ireland, Wales, Scotland.
- Known heritage - Ireland.
Italy/Greece - < 1% - Primarily found in: Italy, Greece, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia. Also found in: France, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia, Romania, Turkey, Slovenia, Algeria, Tunisia.
- Known heritage - Could Austria fit this category?
Near East - < 1% - Primarily located in: Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Lebanon, Israel. Also found in: Iran, Pakistan.
- No known ancestry.
As you see some results fit known family history. Others present new pieces of the puzzle. In the end the basic number remains, seems we are overwhelmingly European.
Never know, this information may help unlock stubborn doors. Anyone with ideas, input and information ... please feel free to comment.
Off to hunt down the unknowns!
Off to hunt down the unknowns!


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John O'Shea, a British artist currently in residence at Liverpool University's Clinical Engineering department, has designed a fairly stomach-churning soccer ball: he plans to bioengineer a pig's bladder to recreate the standard sporting item as it was assembled in centuries past. If the project seems shocking, there's a strong chance that's what O'Shea is aiming for. He intends for the project to reference the "colliding worlds of human enhancement, the bio-technology industry and the global capitalization of sport, which have become highly contested areas."
The science behind O'Shea's "Pig's Bladder Football" is far more advanced than the work that one might typically associate with that of a provocative artist. In a press release O'Shea explains that "In collaboration with Professor John Hunt and PhD Scholar Theun Van Veen," he has "been working on his own bespoke protocols for harvesting living animal cells from abattoir waste through biological experimentation, rapid prototyping and an iterative design process."
And it's precisely these types of processes which have been the cause of controversy. O'Shea drew his inspiration—in part—from what was considered to be a scientific milestone in 2006, when a laboratory-grown bladder became the first organ of its kind to be successfully transplanted into a human body. In these instances the cultivated cells were taken from the same specific individuals who later received the transplants.
O'Shea has fairly extensive documentation of his scientific process on his blog, right down to an explanation of the 3D printed forms that the bladder cells will grow over in order to form a recognizable football. In order to remain loyal to the medical engineering aspects of the project, he is using polylactic acid, which he explains is a "corn derived polymer which biodegrades over a long enough period of time… 3D printed polymers used for the growth of artificial organs are actually broken down within the body, leaving behind only the artificial organic form."
Community workshops held by O'Shea seem to have drawn more curiosity from those interested in the age-old technique of producing pigs' bladder footballs, than from those curious as to the source of the animal parts themselves. The first workshop culminated in O'Shea hosting what he claims to be the first pig's bladder football game of the 21th Century.
While at least one website heralded "[s]oon it will be acceptable to kick a pig's stomach," such a viewpoint is unlikely to be shared by all. While the bioengineered pigs bladder footballs will be just that—bioengineered, and not in-and-of-themselves from actual pigs—O'Shea is harvesting the living cells from abattoir waste.
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Your 15-minute interview with an admissions representative will discuss your goals and aspirations, and what you will bring to Berklee. The board of admissions encourages applicants to share their creative work.
To help you prepare for an in-depth discussion, please consider the following questions in preparation for your interview:
- What is your practice routine?
- What are the qualities of a successful musician?
- What are your musical strengths?
- What is your favorite part of being a musician?
- Why go to Berklee?
- What career opportunities would you like to take advantage of in the music industry?
- What benefits do music theory and instrumental training have in your chosen field of interest?
- What inspired you to pursue a career in music?
- What has been your most significant achievement so far? What motivates you?
- One of the biggest challenges for entering students is time management. How do you currently balance school, music, and other activities?
- What has been the biggest challenge in your musical learning and growth? How have you overcome it?
- What would you like a press release to say about you as a person? About you as a musician?
- In what ways do you feel your talents will enhance the quality of life and music in the Berklee community?
- How have your life experiences influenced your musical development?
If you'd like to get better prepared for applying or going to Berklee, enroll in a free online course.
Instead of bringing supplemental material to your interview, please provide a link to YouTube, MySpace, or a personal website when you submit your application.


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Elmore Leonard
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
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Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier—elevating a popular genre with his now-trademark twisting plots, rich characterizations, and scalpel-sharp dialogue.
No author has ever written more evocatively of the dusty, gutsy heyday of the American West than Elmore Leonard. This complete collection of his thirty-one Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre, his die-hard fans, and everyone in between. From his very first story ever published—"The Trail of the Apache"—through five decades of classic Western tales, The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard demonstrates the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that has made Leonard one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of our time.
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Cowen & Co. Start Twitter At Sell On High Valuation, Ad Inventory Worries
This year has not been kind to Twitter (TWTR) thus far. The shares are down 9% since the start of 2014, and this week has brought two downgrades to Sell and a lukewarm initiation.
Cowen & Co. analysts John Blackledge and Thomas Champion joined the party today, initiating coverage with an Underperform rating and $32 price target. Like all other analysts who have turned a critical eye on the stock, Blackledge and Champion cite price as a major obstacle, noting that it trades at a large premium to other high-priced internet stocks, and that their revenue estimates for this year and next are below the consensus.
However, it's not just price that have Blackledge and Champion bearish on the stock—they also have concerns about its ad business. They write that Twitter's pricing upside could be limited, given that clients aren't sold on the notion that it is the most efficient use of advertising dollars:
We conducted a survey of 50 ad buyers which overall suggested a mixed view of Twitter relative to peers. Only 5% of respondents thought Twitter offered the highest ROI on ad spend, well below Facebook (FB) (60%) and LinkedIn (LNKD) (25%). Additionally, we asked respondents to rate the platforms across multiple attributes and TWTR scored below average marks for ROI (9% below average). The data suggests the low ROI rating is tied to pricing, as respondents commented "high minimum spend" and "cost of campaigns" were negative points for TWTR's advertising value proposition. This aligns with results of an SMB ad campaign we followed on TWTR and FB, where TWTR's CPCs were 4x higher than FB's. Net-net: Material ad pricing upside is not an incremental revenue lever for TWTR, in our view.
They also note that engagement and user trends could hurt ad inventory growth:
Ad inventory is primarily driven by 1) user engagement, 2) user growth and 3) ad loads. TWTR measures engagement in Timeline Views per MAU (TLV/MAU) and in 2013 y/y growth decelerated from 30% in 1Q, to 17% in 2Q and 8% in 3Q. The decline reflects decelerating US and int'l growth, as well as a mix shift to less engaged int'l users. Also incremental TLV/MAU declined in 4Q12 and 3Q13, which could suggest newer users are less engaged. Meanwhile as for TWTR's user growth, the company has considerable scale, with 232MM monthly active users (MAU's) in 3Q13, up 39% y/y. But user growth is decelerating and we forecast TWTR's MAUs to grow 12% annually '13-'18, as WW internet penetration rises to 12% vs. 8%. We do not forecast penetration levels near FB's current 41% global penetration rate, as FB and other social peers have more powerful network effects than TWTR translating into a larger TAM, in our view. Lastly, we expect moderate increases in ad loads.


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So I started to train seriously to run my 4k, but on my second day (with one rest day in between) I did not even get to run 3k. And I used to run 7k with no great effort! So what is it?
It is the first time that I train and diet (1200 cals) at the same time, so maybe it's that?
I am 48 and started to run at 47, so maybe it's that?
I had not drunk water before I started, and my belly was a bit "distressed" from eating chick peas and a lot of fruit. My blood pressure went down a little during the run because of that… Maybe it was that too?
So discouraged!
I will up my calories a little and take two days to rest between runs, and I will have to take up the gym, which I hate, to tone my upper body. That sucks! But I want to run those 4k, because I started to run on June 4 last year, so this race would be my "running birthday". Hope I can make it and not get in last!


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Entertainers Home / Entertainment ChannelThere's so much we don't know about Sean Penn, whose powerful onscreen performances are only matched by his fuming hatred for the Hollywood corporation, though it seems like a new article is printed about his democratic-influenced activism every week. He's by far one of the greatest actors of his time, but before crossing the line to humble artist, Sean was the media's unofficial fall guy, labeled as the bad boy, paparazzi-punching ex-husband of Madonna. So why do we all still love him? Just take a look at any one of his award-worthy performances and you'll quickly understand the "why" to that question. Born in Burbank, California in 1960 to a director father and actress mother, Sean went through high school with the Sheen brothers and, following graduation, enrolled in the Los Angeles Repertoire Theater Company. It didn't take long for the scouts to recognize Sean's talent either, and he was quickly paired up alongside fellow up-and-comer Tom Cruise in the 1981 film "Taps," though it was his next role as teenage stoner Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" that gained him his initial reputation as a Hollywood outcast.
Sean continued to trade in more promising roles for smaller projects, but it was his sudden marriage to mega pop star Madonna that thrust him into the limelight he so much despised. After four years together, the couple split and Sean decided to try his hand at directing with the film "The Indian Runner" (he also later directed the Jack Nicholson film "The Pledge"), but it was his amazing performance as a convict on death row in "Dead Man Walking" that earned him his much-deserved Oscar nomination. That wasn't Sean's only near-miss experience with the highly coveted golden statue either, nominated two more times for his work in "Sweet and Lowdown" and "I Am Sam" before finally winning the award for Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River." Nowadays you'll probably hear more about Sean's assertive letters to the president or the "South Park" guys, than his latest film to open in theaters. But then again, he might just like it that way.
Sean On The Web
An online database of Sean's career.
TV Guide: Sean Penn
Sean Penn Videos, Interviews and More on TV Guide's Online Video Guide
Yahoo! Movies
The small actor page offers a link-filled biography and plenty of red carpet photos.
The Indian Runner
A decent fan site with an archive of interviews, quotes and actor opinions, among the usual biography fare.
A great collection of politically-themed quotes from the active actor.
Sean Penn's infamous "Washington Post" letter to the President.
Sean on the Screen
Sean has more highs and lows than a theme-park rollercoaster, but audiences know much more of his successes than his failures. Known first and foremost for his comedic work in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," Sean quickly moved on to more series work in films like "Taps," "Colors" and "Carlito's Way" before taking a short break from acting. He returned with full force in the Tim Robbins'-directed "Dead Man Walking" and the war film "The Thin Red Line," as well as starring in more abstract features like Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" and "Before Night Falls." His most recent starring roles in "21 Grams" and the award-winning "Mystic River" have re-established Sean as one of the best actors of his generation.
Latest Buzz
We've made it pretty clear how passionate Sean is about the world of politics, but a closer look will only reveal exactly how much. Sean's upcoming films include "All the King's Men," "In Search of Captain Zero," directed by Stacy Peralta, and the medical drama "The Last Face" opposite wife Robin Wright Penn.
On the Record and Loving It
On acting:
"If there's one thing that actors know —other than there weren't any WMDs— it's that there is no such thing as best in acting."
On politics:
"We have some good people in politics - it's just that they don't win. In the same way we have some good movies, but they don't succeed in the US."
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I mentioned my OS as well as my perl version in my post. So i'm wondering how to get this things together.
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ECS is trying to improve the image of their products by releasing high end "Black Extreme" series motherboards. The latest in the "Black Extreme" series is P67H2-A Black Extreme. Based around the Intel P67 series chipset code named "Sandy Bridge", the ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme supports the latest Intel second generation Core series processors. Over the past month we have taken an in depth look at the new Intel Core Processors, Mobile Processors, and motherboards from a couple different vendors (1,2). Our focus today is going to be on the performance and feature of the ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme.
One of the key features of the ECS P67H2-A Black Extreme Sandy Bridge motherboard that will separate it from the competition is the Hydra Core. What is that, you may ask? Well, in short, it allows you to run different graphics cards from different manufacturers. By that I don't mean an AMD Radeon HD 5870 from XFX and one from Sapphire. What I mean is the core manufacturers, AMD and NVIDIA. Ultimately we will be able to run a combination like the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 in parallel for improved performance. If you are curious about how this is accomplished, it is done using the Lucid HydraLogix 200 processor. Of course we will be putting the Lucid HydraLogix 200 processor to the test today with mixed cards and throwing a pair of Galaxy GeForce GTX 460's into the P67H2-A Black Extreme to see how it compares to the NVIDIA SLI results on the previous motherboards that have come across the Legit Reviews bench!
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KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — The top administrator in the county where a Texas district attorney and his wife were killed says he is "certain" he and other officials are being protected.
Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood declined Monday to discuss details but acknowledged extra security is in place at the county courthouse where District Attorney Mike McLelland worked. McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death in their home Saturday.
Assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse was gunned down just two months ago outside the courthouse. Officers were seen patrolling one side of the building Monday morning, while others walked around inside.
McLelland's office is closed Monday. The judge says officials will meet with members of McLelland's staff later in the day to help get a feel for what their needs are.


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By Emil Towner
Should college professors incorporate digital media into a classroom to engage students with different learning styles? Despite today's push for flipped classrooms and social media communication, the answer cut and dried.
For example, Cedar Reiner and Daniel Willingham discuss the myths and realities of learning styles and argue that "students may have preferences about how to learn, but no evidence suggests that catering to those preferences will lead to better learning."
So…Why Use Digital Media?
Although including multimedia may help hold student attention and add variety to course material, Reiner and Willingham argue:
"We shouldn't congratulate ourselves for showing a video to engage the visual learners or offering podcasts to the auditory learners. Rather, we should realize that the value of the video or audio will be determined by how it suits the content that we are asking students to learn and the background knowledge, interests, and abilities that they bring to it."
In other words, Reiner and Willingham believe digital media should be incorporated only after considering the abilities of specific students and their background experiences or familiarity with the subject.
By doing so, professors can shift the conversation from "Did I engage the right senses?" to "What did students think about while they were in class?"
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Leave a reply below to help other faculty members tackle these challenging questions.
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Eva Mendes was so desperate to wear glasses as a child, she stared at the sun in an effort to damage her eyesight.
The Hitch actress, who was unveiled as the face of Vogue eyewear earlier this month (Mar13), started needing prescription spectacles two years ago, and admits she's harbored a life-long desire to wear glasses in a bid to look smart.
She tells the Associated Press, "I started to need reading glasses two years ago but the funny thing is I used to want glasses so badly when I was little that I actually used to stare at the sun to damage my sight...
"I was obsessed with looking smart. I also went through a stage in junior high where I would wear non-prescription reading glasses and then I got caught out one day so I stopped that because I felt like a phoney. So as of two years ago I just started needing them. I love them. Wearing glasses adds and instant quirk and elegance."


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Opponents of a proposed tribal resort casino in Taunton continue to organize and learn about federal Indian law and how it could affect the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's efforts to bring a gaming facility to the city.
Since a press conference one year ago in which the tribe announced the casino plans alongside Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr., opponents of a tribal casino in the city have organized backyard information sessions, held signs at intersections and have updated each other with new information through social media.
Opponents of a proposed tribal resort casino in Taunton continue to organize and learn about federal Indian law and how it could affect the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's efforts to bring a gaming facility to the city.
Since a press conference one year ago in which the tribe announced the casino plans alongside Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr., opponents of a tribal casino in the city have organized backyard information sessions, held signs at intersections and have updated each other with new information through social media.
Opponents of the casino have previously said they are fighting against the proposed tribal gaming facility because they believe it would be bad for the community. But now that message has evolved to include the belief that the tribal gaming resort will not come to be because the tribe will not lawfully be able to get the federal land-into-trust approval that is required to acquire sovereign land in East Taunton.
Michelle Littlefield, an East Taunton resident who has been very vocal about her opposition to the proposed tribal casino, said she continues to organize against the Mashpee Wampanoag gaming facility to ensure the government does not approve it. If the tribe's federal land into trust application is approved, Littlefield said, she and others would be filing lawsuits to stop it.
"We're not going away," said Littlefield, a private investigator based in Taunton. "We want to make sure that the federal government, the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs), Gov. Deval Patrick, Mayor Hoye and the City Council know we are watching this very closely. If the BIA were attempting to put this land into trust, it would be illegal. It would be against federal Indian policy."
Littlefield, along with her husband, have been dedicated to learning more about federal Indian policy throughout the last year. Littlefield and others now say the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe does not qualify for approval of a federal land into trust application because they are not a "Section 83" tribe as defined under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
"If the land into trust is passed, there will be multiple lawsuits filed," said Littlefield, adding that previous Supreme Court decisions would work as precedent in favor of casino opponents. "We are currently in the process of vetting attorneys."
However, the leadership of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe remains confident that its proposed casino in Taunton is on the way. Last month, Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell said, "we look forward to creating thousands of jobs and widespread economic opportunities for our tribe, the people of Taunton and the entire Southeastern Massachusetts region."
Last weekend, the anti-casino crowd hosted the Citizens for Equal Rights Alliance for a regional conference held at the Holy Family Parish Center. The Littlefields were among several hosts for the event.
CERA, a national organization founded about 20 years ago, has a mission of opposing federal Indian policy, calling it "unaccountable, destructive, racist and unconstitutional." The organization rallies against the federal government's definition and affirmation of tribal sovereignty, which is the inherent power of an indigenous tribal nation to govern itself within the borders of its recognized reservation lands.
CERA invokes the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the law for all U.S. citizens to argue its point. CERA also claims it is trying to protect the rights of Native Americans, as well as non-Indians.
However, many within the Native American community have come out against CERA, calling its arguments racist for opposition of tribal efforts to reclaim, maintain and govern lost homelands under federal Indian law.
During one segment of the conference, CERA legal advisor Lana Marcussen said federal policy allowing tribes to practice sovereignty over land is all about the intersection of money and politics.
"Congress is looking at this as power and money," Marcussen said. "It is absolutely true that you can lose everything … I mean, this is incredible to think that here by Plymouth, Massachusetts, and by Boston, which had so much to do with the creation of the Revolutionary War, that you could be the people that lose your rights to the American freedom that the founders of this country right here fought so hard to get. But that's the reality."
Francis Hutchins, author of "Mashpee, The Story of a Cape Cod Indian Town," also spoke at the conference. Hutchins talked about his historical work advising Boston law firms in the 1970s during a federal trial that failed to establish federal recognition for the tribe. Hutchins said historically, "there is no Mashpee Tribe" and he talked about how he was "blindsided" by the 2007 BIA decision that granted the tribe federal recognition.
In addition to these speakers, others included CERA chairman Judy Bachmann, former Connecticut Congressman Robert Steele, author of "The Curse: Big Time Gambling's Seduction of a Small New England Town," and Elaine Willman, of Hobart, Wis., author of "Going to Pieces, The Dismantling of the United States."
During one portion of the CERA conference, when Bachmann introduced Marcussen, she said, "It is my personal belief, that if it weren't not for CERA and CERA's legal advisor, we would have no hope and we would be living on a reservation."
The tribe did not respond to a request for comment left with its spokesperson last week about CERA's plans to hold a conference in Taunton.


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Course Details
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Tone of voice, concision & psychology – those are our main topics in this in-depth sequel to our bestselling Online Copywriting course.
Our advanced 1-day workshop offers lots of practical advice and hands-on exercises on the following critical issues:
Tone of voice
Step-by-step guidance on how to define and communicate a tone of voice that enhances your organisation's brand
Step-by-step advice on how to make your copy more concise, whilst still ensuring that it offers enough detail for your audience
Structuring your content
Tools to help ensure that your copy is structured in a way that is relevant to your audience
Page types
Best practices for writing product/service pages (B2C and B2B), FAQs and instructional text
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Course Requirements: We recommend that participants bring a laptop (or tablet) to support the re-write exercises.
Who should attend?
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A neighbor found a woman dead inside a south St. Louis house early Wednesday morning.
According to officials, the fire started at a home in the 4000 block of Giles around 12:30 a.m.
Authorities said a neighbor said he smelled smoke in the street and went to check out the source. That's when he opened up the front door of his neighbor's home and saw flames.
He called firefighters, who arrived to the scene and found a 49-year-old woman unconscious inside the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney don't agree on much but they do on at least one thing: they're both fond of their respective running mates.
Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin teamed up again Friday — the second time this week — for a pre-convention rally on a farm in Commerce, Mich., a Detroit suburb. The two seem comfortable with each other in public and Ryan, 42, seems to energize the man topping the ticket who is 23 years his senior.
"What a guy. What a vice president he's going to be," Romney told a crowd of thousands after Ryan introduced him with high praise.
Obama also had nice things to say about his running mate. Four years have now passed since he chose Biden for his ticket, Obama tweeted Thursday night. "Here's to an outstanding Vice President and a great friend -bo." Obama ends his personal tweets with his initials.
Biden caused a stir earlier this month when he told a Virginia crowd that included hundreds of black people that Romney's plans for Wall Street would put them "back in chains."
Republicans have condemned the phrase, suggesting it was racist. Biden has countered that, while the choice of words may have been unfortunate, it was just a variation on his accusation that Romney and his GOP allies would "unshackle" banks and other financial institutions from federal regulation.
Obama was taking a short break from the campaign trail and spending the weekend at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md.
The four-day GOP convention opens Monday in Tampa, Fla. Now moved up to the first day: the formal state-by-state roll call of delegates that will pave the way for Romney's nomination as the party's presidential candidate.
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The Mammoth Huskies haven't had this kind of momentum since Head Coach Tom Gault can remember.
In winning a stirring, 6-3 come-from-behind victory over the L.A. Baptist Knights last Saturday at Gault-McClure Stadium, the Huskies pulled off one of the biggest victories that the 64-year old coach could remember.
"I don't know," he said, "you coach for a lot of years (28) and you get some good wins and some very painful losses. But for those boys and for myself, the rest of the coaches and the whole school, that game might rank right at the top."
The young Huskies were coming out of a year in which there was no football program at all.
"The reason I say that is because of the events that led up to the game, and the struggle the kids have been through – not getting to play very much last year and not being so sure of themselves, and the inexperience.
"They're running uphill, and they just kept running and running, and by Golly, that's to their credit."
Running uphill the fastest was sophomore quarterback Tyler Wormhoudt, who scored the Huskies' only touchdown with 3:55 to go in the game. Wormhoudt ran a naked bootleg to the left side, then out-sprinted the Knights' secondary to the pylon.
Wormhoudt then erased an L.A. Baptist threat with an interception with 1:23 to go.
"What can I say about Tyler?" Gault said. "He's a 10th grader and did a great job. He stepped up huge."
A few first-game sloppies
It wasn't all rosy for the Huskies, however.
In spite their comeback victory, the Huskies were nearly done in by madcap plays, mental errors and at least one significant injury.
"We had the first-game sloppies," Gault said, "and there was a lot of that, on both sides of the ball. But that's to be expected. You watch any game on TV in first games, you'll see the same kind of stuff, although at a different level, of course."
The injury, to center Bryson Blake's snapping hand, wasn't big enough to pull him out of the game, but it caused a number of center-to-quarterback exchange miscues. It also was the reason why the Huskies did not kick the PAT after Wormhoudt's touchdown. (Mammoth missed the two-point conversion attempt.)
For offensive coordinator Marty Thompson, those are the kinds of things that the Huskies will work on this week as they prepare for the Royals of San Luis Obispo's Mission College Prep. (L.A. Baptist went through the same thing, by the way, the most damaging mistake a fourth-quarter penalty against the LAB coaches for leaving the coaching box. That play erased a first down and led to Wormhoudt's decisive interception.)
But the first-game sloppies are now a thing of the past as they recede in the team's rear-view mirror. The main thing was the victory.
"It's just a huge thing to start the year like this," Thompson said. "But all of us know that when we give away the ball on snaps and stuff like that, it'll kill us."
Gault and Thompson said the Huskies will see the same kind of spread offense from the Royals at tonight's 7 p.m. game. (The junior varsity, which won its game last Saturday against L.A. Baptist, 14-0, begins at 4 p.m.)


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Point Park Professor Steven Hallock to Present Paper at National Conference Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Assistant professor of journalism, Steven Hallock, Ph.D., is slated to present his paper, "Cracking the Glass Ceiling: A Content Analysis of the Hillary Clinton Primary Campaign for President" at the 68th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Hallock co-authored the paper with Point Park master's in journalism graduate, Nabil Shaheen.
Hallock and Shaheen analyzed major newspaper coverage of 10 events during the 2008 historic Democratic primary presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. They found that reporters and columnists frequently used sexist language in their coverage and commentary. But the overall reportage of Clinton's campaign did not frame her race in sexist terms. Additionally, her spousal connection to former President Bill Clinton did not lead newspapers to treat the presidential candidate differently in their coverage.
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Are There Limits to Limits?
+/-It's a debate that's been with us at least since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution: Is economic growth sustainable, or at some point will we run up against resource scarcities? In its crudest form, the discussion comes down to disagreement between Malthusians, who say that at some point we'll overreach the planet's carrying capacity, and Cornucopians, who argue that human ingenuity and technological progress will overcome physical limits. The debate has taken on new urgency today as global climate change and an ever-increasing human population put new strains on resources. John DeGraaf, director of the film Affluenza and writer of an accompanying book, says the market economy's constant drive for growth is incompatible with a finite planet. Roger Pielke, Jr., an environmental studies professor at the University of Colorado, disagrees, and says that to be anti-growth is to argue for keeping poor people poor.
We Can't Grow On
by John de Graaf
John de Graaf is a co-author of the recently reissued bestseller Affluenza, as well as What's the Economy For Anyway? He is a member of the Earth Island Institute board of directors.
Is economic growth sustainable? Is it desirable? First, let's define our terms. I'm speaking of material growth, more products for more people. Non-material "development" – including improvements in health, education, and leisure time – may well be sustainable and desirable. But further material growth, especially in rich countries, is much harder to justify.
The twentieth-century environmentalist David Brower pointed out that, since World War II, population and economic growth have resulted in greater material consumption than in all previous human history. In that period – one one-hundredth of a second if we compress the age of Earth into a single week – we have reduced our fisheries, fossil fuels, and soils by half while causing the extinction of countless species and dangerously changing the climate.
Consider what it means that we did this in the blink of the geological eye. There are those who believe what we've been doing for that last hundredth of a second can go on indefinitely. Those people are, Brower observed, considered reasonable and intelligent human beings. Indeed, they run our governments and industries. But they are stark raving mad.
What Does It Mean to be Anti-Growth?
by Roger Pielke, Jr.
Roger Pielke, Jr. is a professor of environmental studies and director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
It has become fashionable in some circles to come out against economic growth. Bill McKibben, the author and climate change activist, asserts that "growth may be the one big habit we finally must break." He adds that this is "a dark thing to say, and un-American." Such calls for an end to growth are typically advanced in environmental debates and those about economic globalization. But what does it actually mean to be against economic growth? I argue that to be anti-growth actually implies keeping poor people poor.
Economic growth is simply a metric that reflects the accumulation of wealth over time, usually based on universalized US dollars. Economists define economic growth in three parts: (a) growth in labor, which refers to an increase in the number of people working; (b) growth in capital, which refers to increases in the availability of things that can be used by labor in the process of producing goods (like food) and services (like surgery); and (c) increasing productivity, which can be thought of as improvements in the efficiency with which we turn labor and capital into goods and services.
We can use the three components of economic growth to better understand what it means to be "anti-growth."
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Lierre Keith is a hateful transphobic! The entire movement dislikes her. Her book that bashes vegans is ridiculous. She needs another pie in her face.
By Krikit on Sun, May 04, 2014 at 3:34 pm
Roger Pielke Jr. employs the time-honoured economists' reductionist shell game in discussing labour, materials and productivity as if they were separable items that can be analyzed 'ceteris paribus.' Aside from his historical untruths (Luddites were NOT protesting "productivity gains"), Pielke contradicts himself when he capriciously rejects and upholds the same principle when it suits his argument to do so. I am referring to the homology between "Say's Law" and the "Jevons Paradox". Say's Law is the Jevons paradox viewed from the perspective of employment. The Jevons Paradox is Say's Law viewed from the perspective of material resource consumption. You can't "solve" one side of the employment/resources problem without exacerbating the problem on other side. Actually, there IS a way to cut through both Say's Law and the Jevons Paradox and it is precisely this solution that orthodox economists have strenuously objected to for nearly two hundred years. The slander against Luddites has been a mainstay of this opposition.
By Tom Walker on Sat, March 29, 2014 at 12:12 pm
This speech By Lierre Keith from PIELC 2014 is some of the best environmental pieces I've heard in a long time.
She says what has to be done, right here.
An inconvenient truth to say the least but someone has to say it.
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Estimating the Costs of Bullying
Before You Start
Time period: Costs should be calculated for the weeks or months (or years?) that the bully or bullies operated without being challenged to stop. It will shock executives to learn how long the losses accumulated without being noticed or addressed.
Affected workers: Individually-based cost estimates calculated below should pertain to all the people directly targeted for bullying AND those who were aware of it and indicated a desire to quit, transfer or took time off to repair their health. Research clearly indicates that witnesses are affected almost as strongly as the bullied.
Even in tough economic times, when job candidates outnumber positions open for hiring, employers still do not want turnover, especially the need to replace the best and brightest (the bullied ones).
Turnover costs include employer contributions to COBRA insurance for the departed worker, expenses to announce the job opening, headhunter/recruiting firm fees to recruit worthy candidates, time spent by managers and staff to meet all candidates at meetings while getting no work done, hiring bonuses/incentives, moving expenses (?), and the harder-to-calculate lost production during the entire process that must be made up by coworkers.
Here's the good news. The cost of all of the above turnover-related activities can be estimated simply by multiplying the combined salaries of departed workers by 1.5. The 1.5 multiplier is very conservative (a low-ball estimate).
Thus, for each person driven out who earned a $50,000 salary, the recruit and replace expenses are $75,000.
The challenge is to count the number of people affected who left or were driven out because of the actions of the bully or gang of bullies.
Lost Opportunity Cost
We know that adults targeted for bullying at work pose a threat to their bullies. Envy and jealousy are two powerful motives for bullying. That means that when the more talented target is driven from work, either through termination or constructive discharge or quitting, the company loses the value that worker created.
In many industries, you can affix dollars and cents to the loss her or his departure represents. For instance, if that person was responsible for 5 clients that produced $1.4 million in revenue, that account and that money is lost to the employer. The bully (bullies) cost the company that much money by tormenting that target. Include the lost revenues attributable to the talented target to the total.
Absenteeism & Presenteeism
Targets tend to make one of two choices: use all paid time off (sick leave, vacations, holidays) or never take time off (for fear of losing their jobs while away).
Most employers do not have paid time off policies. Regardless, for the sake of their mental health, targets stay away from work to preserve their sanity.
Estimate the number of days (and hours per each day) targets and others missed work to avoid being confronted by the bully.
To calculate the Absenteeism cost, multiply the hours away from the employer by the hourly rate. [For salaried exempt workers, divide the annual salary by 2020 to find the hourly rate of pay.]
To calculate the Absenteeism cost, multiply the hours off the job by the appropriate hourly rate. [For salaried exempt workers, divide the annual salary by 2020 to find the hourly pay rate.]
Presenteeism costs are harder to estimate, if even possible. It originally described employees coming to work sick. Their presence threatened everyone else with contagion from viruses and other bugs. Presenteeism is the best rationale for employers paying sick people to stay home and get healthy.
Presenteeism can also be considered the trend of bullied workers not being able to find another job elsewhere with equivalent pay. So, they stay, show up on a daily basis, but they are present only in body, not spirit. They are the antithesis of an "engaged" worker. They are disgruntled, disgusted and desperate (the "3-D"'s) to be somewhere else.
One suggested Presenteeism cost estimate method would be to count the number of "3-D" employees, ascertain their hourly wage and number of hours worked during the entire bullying episode. Then halve that value. That would represent the paid wages lost to the employer by paying workers rendered unproductive by the bullying.
Litigation & Settlements
Though we write extensively about rarely applicable current laws to bullying situations, that doesn't mean people with the means will not threaten a lawsuit against the employer based on its vicarious liability for the misdeeds of the bully (who is an agent of that employer). If the threat from a plaintiff's attorney alleges potential discrimination, as does happen in 20% of bullying cases, the employer will take the threat more seriously than if the complaint is unrelated to discrimination.
An employer responding to a credible threat of litigation will convene some legal eagles to mount a defense. That defense may be done by an internal legal team on the payroll, if the employer is large. In those cases, try to ascertain the hourly wage of the attorney-employees. Then, calculate how many of them are involved. Finally, estimate how much time they all spent dealing with the case -- responding by letters, meetings, and mediation sessions. These would be labor costs of mounting a defense.
Many employers compel bullied targets to participate in mediation or arbitration. Associated costs include the fee paid to the dispute resolution professional and hourly costs for all involved managers.
Smaller employers do not have legal staff. They retain an external legal firm when they are threatened with a lawsuit. Having dealt with this phenomenon as an expert witness many times, it is safe to estimate this cost at $30,000 per threat or lawsuit.
If a complaint is actually filed in court and a lawsuit ensues, cost escalate rapidly to defend the employer. Filing costs, depositions, transcripts, investigation costs all combine to raise a modest defense to $60,000 years before a trial can be scheduled. Trial costs raise the totals even higher.
Because costs of litigation and pre-trial defense are so great, most employers are advised to settle. They pay complaining employees to shut up. They purchase silence with a "gag clause" in the settlement contract. Your goal is to find out who has been paid a settlement and for how much. Many will have left their jobs. They probably cannot tell you exactly what they were paid, but you can play the "hot/cold" game with them as you guess the approximate size of the settlement. Then, add all the settlement costs you discover.
Settlement payments are in addition to litigation defense costs estimated above.
Workers Comp & Disability Insurance Claims
Workers compensation costs are covered by employee payroll deductions and employer insurance paid to state compensation systems. The same is true for disability insurance. However, employers willingly incur additional costs by challenging the WC and disability claims made by injured workers. The challenge is nearly automatic when the claim involves stress from the job, anything even remotely psychological. The WC or Disability claim is based on an inability to work.
The doubting employer hires a firm to investigate. The firms stalk the claimant and follow them every time she or he leaves home. Any outside activity is videotaped and provided to the employer who is looking for a way to discredit the claimant, to say the claim is fraudulent. That all costs money. Try to estimate such costs when you confirm that employees were filmed while they had pending WC or Disability claims. Call the firms and solicit their rates.
The Total Tab
Turnover + Opportunity Lost + Absenteeism + Presenteeism + Legal Defense Cost + Dispute Res. + Trial Costs + Settlements + WC/Disab Fraud Investig = The Routine Cost of Allowing Bullies to Harm Others with Impunity.
It all adds up.
What to do with your findings. Take the total estimate with cost breakdown in the various categories to the highest-ranking manager or executive you can find who is not loyal to, related to or known to be supportive of the bully (bullies). Do your homework. Try to find someone who still cares about the bottom line and running an honest enterprise. Ask for a 15 min. meeting with that person to "share ways to significantly cut costs for the company." State your years of experience working there and familiarity with services and products. Present the figures. State that the losses are attributable to the named individual or group. Ask that they be sanctioned, punished. Ask that you be put out of harm's way in a safe position with no loss of pay or status. If that is not offered to you, leave the company then and there because no one will stop the bully for you. You were too good of an employee to have given your talent for so long only to be dealt with as you have been. Leave with your head held high. Your departure is their loss.


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There were 25 youth and adults that attended this year's 4-H Capitol Experience in Frankfort. The 4-H Youth Development organization was there in full force with hundreds of youth attending from across the commonwealth.
I received an interesting Facebook message from my niece; she said that she thought New Year's resolutions were a very bad idea because January is such a rough time to commit to anything.
It is the end of the holiday season and may be depressing for many and the weather is usually cold and grey. So she said why not make a Spring Equinox Resolution to go into effect on March 20! Spring seems like a better time to make some positive life changes. So why not plan to attend one of these interesting sessions and resolve to get involved.
As I write this column on Monday afternoon, I'm looking at a white landscape. But the snow is rapidly disappearing, and it is likely that a rapid growth of lawn grass is not far behind. That first spring mowing, usually in late March, begins your most important annual lawn duties.
The first mowing makes the lawn look spring-like and very attractive. So, when the first clumps of grass grow above the mowing height, mow, even if a lot of the yard doesn't need to be mowed yet.
The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, Kentucky Department of Agriculture and Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services are partnering to support farm friendly legislation. House Bill 391 and Farmers Market Legislation allows Kentucky farmers who grow and harvest produce to process value-added products and sell them from designated farmers markets, certified roadside stands and the processor's farm. There are two processing categories in HB 391, Homebased Processors and Home-based Microprocessors.
The Farm Service Agency's Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occur due to a natural disaster. The upcoming deadlines to file an application for natural disaster protection under the NAP are March 15 and May 1.
Nearly all vegetable crops, small fruits and burley tobacco are in the March 15 deadline. Nursery crops are in the May 1 deadline.
The Henry County 4-H Communication Event took place Feb. 28, at the Henry County Extension office. The evening began with speeches. Jakob Beckley gave a speech entitled "Change" in the 14-year-old category. Jakob spoke on how communities as well as people change sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Jakob received a blue and champion.
While you can't control severe weather, you do have control over how prepared you are to face the challenges severe weather often presents. Preparing ahead of time for severe weather will relieve the stress of uncertainty in an emergency situation.
Gov. Steve Beshear declared March Severe Weather Awareness Month, and one of the most important things you can do to prepare for severe weather is to own a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather radio with specific area message encoding capabilities.
One of the largest alfalfa producers in the state recently discussed his experiences with Roundup Ready Alfalfa.
4-H'ers and their families recently came together to celebrate this past year's achievements.
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Your doctor has requested an anorectal manometry (AY-no-REK-tal ma-NOM-ehtree) test for you. This test, which is also called a rectal motility (moh-TIL-it-ee) test, measures the functions of your rectum and anal sphincter (AY-nal s'FINK-ter). The test results will help your doctor make a diagnosis in your case.
During this test, a small plastic tube (a manometry catheter) is passed into your rectum through your anal sphincter (anus). The anal sphincter is a ring of muscles at the opening to the outside of your body. The rectum is the last part of the large intestine (please see diagram at right).
The manometry catheter is connected to a machine that records the contractions (squeezing movements) and relaxations of your rectum and anal sphincter. The movements are recorded on a graph. A gastroenterologist (gas-troh-en-ter-OL-o-jist), a doctor trained in treating diseases of the stomach and intestinal tract, will read the graph and report the results to your doctor.
However, your bowels will need to be empty before the exam. You will be asked to take one or two Fleet® enemas three hours before your scheduled appointment. Your nurse will tell you whether more than one enema is needed. The enema will help to empty your bowels. You can buy a Fleet® enema at most drugstores or pharmacies.
The test will take between one and one and a half hours to complete. You will be able to go home and resume your regular activities after the exam.
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Devyn Marble and Aaron White each had 15 points as Iowa shrugged off an early 16-point deficit and rolled past Minnesota 72-51 on Sunday for its third straight win.
Freshman Mike Gesell added 11 for the Hawkeyes (17-9, 6-7 Big Ten), who've rattled off three consecutive Big Ten victories for the first time in six years.
Iowa outscored Minnesota 37-10 in a 20-minute stretch spanning the halves, pulling ahead 42-31 with 15:14 left. Eric May's 3 with 8:50 left made it 53-37 Iowa, and a game that started off as a Minnesota rout became a Hawkeyes blowout.
Austin Hollins had 14 points for the Gophers (18-8, 6-7), who've lost three of four and are now tied with Iowa in the league standings.